Local authorities elections (special provisions) Law (No. 24 of 1977)

Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

Amendment of section 229 of the principal enactment

110. Section 229 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows: -

(1) by the renumbering of that section as subsection (1) of section 229;

(2) by the insertion immediately after the renumbered subsection (1) of that section of the following new subsection: -

	" (2) If the Council rejects any or all the tenders laid before the Council or fails to sanction the contract referred to in subsection (1), the Mayor may, with the approval of the Minister, enter into such contract notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (c) and (d) of subsection (1) of this section.".